Photographic device.



Hv D. FARQUHAR.

PHOTOGRAPHIC DEVICE.

APPLICAIION FILED SEPT-l5, 1915.

Patented Dec. 19, 1916.

ATTORNEY 9 INVENTOR e W H I? W WITNESSES 4/$ @w HARRY D. FARQUHAR, OFNEW YORK, N. Y.

PHOTOGRAPHIC DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 19, 1916.

Application filed September 15, 1915. Serial No. 50,755.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY D. FAR UHAR, residing at New York, in thecounty of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Photographic Devices, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to an improvement in photographiodevice, andparticularly to a simple, practical and efficient means for maintainingcopy in a suitable smoothed condition while being photographed. Theprinciple of the invention is adapted to other uses in connection withphotographic work, for instance in the holding of sensitive or otherpaper or the like pressed tightly against the negative while beingprinted.

A further and more detailed object is to provide a holder arrangedadjacent a photographic camera, said holder comprising two frames, oneframe carrying a transparent glass or the like and the other framecarrying a pneumatic device disposed to underlie the glass and adaptedto press any copy which may be disposed between it and the glass tightlyagainst the glass.

A further object is to mount the holder upon a suitable support so thatthe holder may be readily swung from a vertical position to a horizontalposition.

A further object is to provide means whereby when the holder is in ahorizontal position one of the frames thereof may be swung into aposition so as to serve as a table upon which the photographer may restsheets of paper, or other material while he is arranging his copy inposition.

Other objects and aims of the invention, more or less specific thanthose referred to -above, will be in part obvious and in part pointedout in the course of the following description of the elements,combinations, arrangements of parts and applications of principles,constituting the invention; and the scope of protection contemplatedwill be indicated in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings which are to be taken as a part of thisspecification, and in which I-have shown a merely preferred form ofembodiment of the invention: Figure 1 is a side elevational view of aphotographic apparatus constructed in accordance with theprinciple ofthis invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken substantiallyupon the plane of line II II of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detailedsectional view of portions of the copy holder.

Referring to the drawings for a detailed descrlption of the structureillustrated, the reference character L indicates a camera and G a bedtherefor.

The reference character H indicates the copy holder. The copy holder Hcomprises two separately formed rectangular frames, 1 and 2. These arepivotally connected together at one side by means of h nges 8 and thetwo frames together are plvotally mounted upon a standard 4 by means ofhinges 5 carried by the frame 1. The hinges 5 are arranged so as topermit movement of the copy holder from a vertical position as shown infull lines in Fig. 1 to a horizontal position as shown by the dottedlines in Fig. 1. WVhen in photographic position the lower end of thecopy holder rests preferably against an adjustable stop 6. A small latch7 is carried preferably by the frame 1 in a position to engage a pin 8carried by the standard 4 to retain the copy holder in a horizontalposition. A spring catch 9 and a retaining pin 10 are arranged forholding the free ends of the two frames together.

The frame 2 carries only a sheet of glass as 11 held in place by asuitable cement or like material 12. The frame 1 carries a plate ofsheet metal or like backing material 13 and a sheet of rubber or likeflexible material as 14, the rubber being arranged adjacent the rearface of the glass 11. Preferably a rectangular gasket 15 is interposedbetween the marginal edge of the metal plate and the sheet of rubber soas to space said plate and sheet apart to form an air receiving chamber16. A binding strip 17 is preferably arranged to receive clamp screws 18for retaining the plate 13 and sheet 14 tightly connected to the frame 1and tightly in contact with the gasket 15 100 to seal the air chamber16. A valve controlled opening 19 is arranged through which a su ply ofcompressed air will be fed to the air chamber 16.

In operation the photographer swings the 105 copy, holder intohorizontal position and causes the latch 7 to engage over the pin 8.

, He thereupon swings the frame 2 upwardly and over into position toserve as a table adjacent the now exposed upper face of the 1 sheet ofrubber 14 in the frame 2. He carefully arranges his copy upon the upperface of the sheet of rubber and then swings the frame 2 backwardly ontop of the copy. vVhen the spring 9 and pin 10 snap together hereleasesthc catch 7 and swings the holder forward into photographicposition. The weight of the holder serves to retain it in photographicposition. Prior to making an exposure he turns the handle as 20 of thevalve 21 and admits a quantity of compressed air into the air chamber 16so as to expand the chamber and press the copy tightly against the glass11. The air pressure is intended to be sufficiently strong to hold thecopy tightly enough against the glass to remove any wrinkles or creaseswhich might interfere with the excellency of the photographic result.

While the copy above referred to is usually a single sheet of paper suchas a letter, a map or other similar article, it will of course beunderstood that anything which may be interposed between the sheet ofrubber and the glass and which may be held in place by pressure from therubber, is intended to be within the scope of this term. It is also tobe noted that in case it is desired to employ the device as a printingframe it is only necessary to substitute a negative for the clear glass11, or to support a negative adjacent the glass 11. A sheet of sensitivepaper or the like may then be laid u on the sheet of rubber in aposition to be a ected by light rays passing through the negative. Inthis instance a source of light would of course, be arranged to displacethe camera L. It is seen therefore that whether the device is used formaking photographic reproductions by means of a camera or for printing,the use of the flexible material 14 is of equal usefulness. Likewise thefact that the holder is adapted to swing into and out of ahorizontalposition and that one of the frames is adapted to swing into a positionto serve as a table, are equally valuable and useful, lit will beobserved, of course, that the copy may be arranged upon the face of theglass 11 when the frame 2 is swung open in some instances, ifdesired,,whether the holder is in vertical or horizontal position. Thestandard 4 is preferably attached 'tothe camera bed G as illustrated,but this is not essential. lhe upper end of the standard is made broadand fiat so as to serve as an efficient support for the holder when theholder is in horizontal position.

As many changes could be madein this construction without departing fromthe scope of the following claims, it is intended that all mattercontained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawingshall be interpreted as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense. Asuitable latch 22 may be employed to engage between the standard 4 andthe copy holder to retain the copy holder in a vertical position, ifdesired.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

l. A holder comprising a pair of frames adapted to receive copy betweenthem, and pneumatic means carried by one of said frames for engagingsaid copy to press said copy into close contact with a part carried bythe other frame, said pneumatic means comprising a sheet of relativelystiff material forming a backing, a sheet of relatively flexiblematerial overlying said backing, a gasket interposed between saidbacking and said flexible sheet so as to space said flexible sheet fromsaid backing and define a compartment between said flexible sheet andsaid backing, clamping means engaging over the outer surface of saidflexible sheet and extending into engagement with said backing forclamping said'gasket between said flexible sheet and said backing in airtight relation, and means for supplying air pressure into thecompartment between said sheet of flexible material and said backing.

by one of said frames is pivotally connected to the other of said framesto swing into position to comprise a table adjacent said second frame.

3. In a device of the class described, the

combination with a camera and a bed therefor, of a standard formed uponsaid bed having a relatively vertical surface portion fronting towardthe camera and having a relatively horizontal surface at its upper end,and a copy holder pivotally carried by said standard so as to swing froma substantiallv horizontal position of rest upon the upper end of thestandard to a substan- 'tlitlly vertical operative position restingagainst the mentioned vertical surface portion of said standard.

4. ln a device of the class described, the comblnation with a camera.and a bed therefor, of a standard formed upon said bed, a copy holderpivotally carried by said standard to swing into two positions, and thetop of the standard being formed to comprise a support for the copyholder when the copy holder is in one of its posltions.

5. In a device of the class described, a copy holder, a standard uponwhich the copy holder is pivotally supported to swlng into and out of aposition in which copy may be arranged therein, and means ing a tableadjacent the standard when the copy holder is' in position to receivecopy therein.

6. In a device of the class described, a copy holder, a standard uponwhich the copy holder is pivotally supported to swing into and out of aposition in which copy may be arranged therein, the standard beingformed with a part to support the copy holder in position to receivecopy, and means/whereby a table is provided adjacent the standard whenthe copy holder is in copy receiving position.

7. In a device of the class described, the combination with a camera anda bed therefor, of a standard formed upon said bed, said standardhaving. a relatively vertical surface at one side and having arelatively horizontal surface at its upper end, of a copy-holder,comprising a frame pivotally mounted by its middle portion to saidstandard to swing from a substantially horizontal position upon theupper end of said standard to a substantially vertical position adjacentthe mentioned vertical surface of said standard.

8. In a device of the class described, a copy-holder, a standard uponwhich the copyholder is pivotally supported to swing into and out of oerative position, and a part of the copyho der being movable relativelyto the remaining part of the copyholder for providing a table adjacentsaid remaining part when the copy-holder is in one of its positions.

9. In adevice of the class described, a copy-holder comprising a pair offrames, a support therefor, and means whereby one of said frames isadapted to be swung relatively to the remaining frame into a osition forproviding a table at one side 0 the remaining frame.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

HARRY D. FARQUHAR.

Witnesses:

' DAVID FmmnMAN,

JACOB GOLDBERG.

